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#286FCA

#286fca ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#286fca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 43.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.2% cyan, 45.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 213.7°, with 66.94% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1608

Complementary

  1. #286fca
  2. #ca8328

Split complementary

  1. #286fca
  2. #ca3228
  3. #c0ca28

Analogous

  1. #28c0ca
  2. #286fca
  3. #3228ca

Triadic

  1. #286fca
  2. #ca286f
  3. #6fca28

Tetradic

  1. #286fca
  2. #8328ca
  3. #ca8328
  4. #6fca28

Square

  1. #286fca
  2. #ca28c0
  3. #ca8328
  4. #28ca32

Monochromatic

  1. #0f294a
  2. #1b4c8a
  3. #286fca
  4. #5f97df
  5. #9fc1ec

Shades

#286fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #286fca
  2. #2464b6
  3. #2059a2
  4. #1c4e8d
  5. #184379
  6. #143865
  7. #102c51
  8. #0c213d
  9. #081628
  10. #040b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#286fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #286fca
  2. #3e7dcf
  3. #538cd5
  4. #699ada
  5. #7ea9df
  6. #94b7e5
  7. #a9c5ea
  8. #bfd4ef
  9. #d4e2f4
  10. #eaf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#286fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #286fca
  2. #3171c3
  3. #3a72bb
  4. #4274b4
  5. #4b76ac
  6. #5478a5
  7. #5d799e
  8. #667b96
  9. #6e7d8f
  10. #777e87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #707070 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5b6f9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f77cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1969c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008592 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3774cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #206bc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007dac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-286fca {
  color: #286fca;
}
Background
.bg-286fca {
  background-color: #286fca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-286fca {
  border: 2px solid #286fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #286fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 111 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 67% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-286fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #286fca, #3228ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-286fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 111 202 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.61 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.52 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.06 #1560bd Denim ΔE 5.42 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.90 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.90 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.00 #d79035 Inverted #707070 Grayscale 

True Blue
#286fca  rgb(40, 111, 202)  hsl(214, 67%, 47%)  True Blue
#ca8328  rgb(202, 131, 40)  hsl(34, 67%, 47%)  Bronze
#ca286f  rgb(202, 40, 111)  hsl(334, 67%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#6fca28  rgb(111, 202, 40)  hsl(94, 67%, 47%)  Kelly Green